At this moment, the Jersey Coast appears to be getting Irened. I hope Andy and the Philly area are all doing OK (I especially hope the Victory brewery didn’t sustain any damage). Except for Michael Vick. It would be somewhat ironic if he were to drown and/or get electrocuted. Good luck to my brother out on LI (he’s expecting to lose power; such is the reputation of LILCO, I guess; or, what, I guess it’s LIPA now; whatever it is, I hope the Shoreham nuke plant doesn’t go all kerflooey; I mean, it’s closed, but who the hell knows what they’ve got stored there – and how safe it all is), and to Sue and her menagerie.
I feel a little left out up here, as we’re just in the fringe of Irene’s wrath, getting a little bit of relatively light rain, though the latest storm track looks to have Irene going slightly west of where they predicted the other day, and there are now flood warnings. Seeing as I’m at about 1,000 feet above sea level I won’t worry about that too much, though if we get enough rain I reckon the stream that runs under my house (did I mention that?) might start exercising my sump pumps.
Mostly, though, I think it’s gonna be your basic Sunday, filled with laundry and grocery shopping (and listening to the rain, which is quite pleasant this morning). And maybe some PM on the pellet stove. Winter’ll be here before you know it.
Morning! My old flood map, the one that Fema has abandoned, proved. once again, accurate. We did get water in the basement but it is rain water that came in though a window that was left open. Damn those curtains.
The storm came ashore at Coney Island which is the southernmost part of Brooklyn. Just to confuse things, Red Hook is part of South Brooklyn which is about 2/3 up the west coast of Brooklyn. Originally the City of Brooklyn ended in Red Hook and of course anything that can confuse a traveller we insist on maintaining.
There are flooded streets and a Con Ed transformer blew up but we’re fine. We even have electricity. Mike is working on the sump pump. I’m sure he’s not pleased. Lola, on the other hand, loves to wear her raincoat, so she’s happy. The cats had their breakfast so as far as they are concerned all is right with the world.
Andy, I hope you’re OK.
I have not heard a word about Shelter Island.
Glad you & yours are OK, SueP :yinyang: :pup: :cat: :jesus:
We’re getting a little rain and wind up here but nothing to get shook up about. Hopefully the earth will not do any more shaking for a while.
Have a good day, Bloggies! Stay dry! :billcat:
Glad you all fared well, sp! Now, we need to hear from Andy. Sounds like he was in for a long night.
Glad your OK Sue. We had a bad time of down here, we had to evacuate part of the communty closet to the stream which had swollen to about 40 times its’ normal size. Myself amd two other HOA board members stayed behind, putting cdown sandbags and removing fences from backyards to direct the water away from the homes. I’ll probably need to replace my back door but no water seemed to get in the house. It was pretty frigntenimg watchimg.the creek come over the top of the brridge and head sttaight for all ou homes. Lived to tell tne tale I guess. Still, what I wouldn’t give for a dry pair of shoes amd some sleep.
Were any of those Republicans you ran against out there helping?
Oh HELL no!
Gee, that’s surprising.
So glad you’re okay, Andy! :banana:
Rest rest rest and put on some dry socks!
Andy had a much worse time than we did in NYC where it seemed the mayor, gov and the 24 hour media did their best to scare folks and make life difficult.
We drove out to Shelter Island and back, today. Surprisingly there were no downed trees in the backyard although there were many many trees down on Long Island. There was no power either and that was expected to continue for a while. All and all, everything was fine.
Mayor Bloomberg announced that the trains would not be back in time for the morning rush hour and possibly not for the evening one either. I can understand shutting down trains in the threatened areas but NYC is a very big place and it is beyond me why they shut down the system, something that has never been done before and we have certainly had hurricanes and blizzards, even terrorist attacks that have not required such an action.
The good thing is no trains = no work. Monday is a holiday.
Did stations or any of the system flood? That might be a problem. The water was the issue just like Katrina. The storm may have passed but there is a lot of water passing through the system. Only a Cat 1 hit my friends in Stumpy Point, NC but they have a foot and a half of mud from the surge and the flood in their house so they have to replace a lot of stuff including all downstairs furniture and appliances.
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Water is the problem in Brooklyn, too. Basements flooded in houses that have not flooded before. It seems the ground is so saturated that water can’t drain. Much is seeping in right through the basement walls.
I don’t know if any of the subway system flooded. Some of it may have. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow when it starts running again.
You will all be relieved to know that Palemale and his family weathered Irene just fine and his nest remains intact, if a bit soggy.